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title: 'Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Charles Sellier'
released: '1984-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 79
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/silent-night-deadly-night-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088117/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

1984 · R · 79 min · Horror, Thriller · United States

Part of: Silent Night, Deadly Night

## Synopsis

Silent Night, Deadly Night is a 1984 American Christmas slasher film directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr., and starring Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero and Linnea Quigley. The film follows the life of Billy Chapman, who, as a child, witnesses his parents' brutal double murder on Christmas Eve by a man disguised as Santa Claus. His subsequent upbringing in a dysfunctional Catholic orphanage and untreated post-traumatic stress disorder lead him toward a psychological breakdown in adulthood, and he emerges as a spree killer donning a Santa suit during the holiday.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Charles Sellier](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-sellier)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Hickey](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hickey)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Perry Botkin Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/perry-botkin-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henning Schellerup](https://cinepixo.com/people/henning-schellerup)
- **Editor:** [Michael Spence](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-spence)

## Cast

- [Charles Dierkop](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-dierkop)
- [Tara Buckman](https://cinepixo.com/people/tara-buckman)
- [Gilmer McCormick](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilmer-mccormick)
- [Lilyan Chauvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lilyan-chauvin)
- [Linnea Quigley](https://cinepixo.com/people/linnea-quigley)

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